Weezer

Stereogum — Weezer have just dropped a surprise covers album, The Teal Album, including renditions of "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)," "Billie Jean," "Mr. Blue Sky," and of course, "Africa." Frontman Rivers Cuomo has previously performed live covers of R.E.M.�... more info

Rock Sound — Almost as good as being there. ALMOST. Over the weekend Twenty One Pilots took to the iHeart Radio Alter Ego 2019 stage alongside the likes of Weezer, MUSE and The Killers. It all went down in Los Angeles on Saturday night, and if you haven&#... more info

Stereogum — Toto's oft-memed, cheesy '80s hit "Africa" had a bit of a resurgence last year. One Weezer fan ran a viral campaign to get the band to cover the track. It worked and became their biggest hit in years. Toto returned the favor with a cover of Weezer's ... more info

Rock Sound — Weezer and Thirty Seconds To Mars are also among the nominees. Nominees for the annual iHeartRadio Music Awards have just been announced ahead of the ceremony on March 14th. Twenty One Pilots and Panic! At The Disco are both nominated for Bes... more info

Obscure Sound — Bad Wave is a duo comprised of songwriter Tucker Tota and producer Patrick Hart. They share a fondness for ’90s alt-rock and Weezer in particular, though their own musical output takes more a cue from yearning synth-laden pop — at least on impres... more info

Chorus.fm — Halsey performed “Without Me” and Weezer performed “Africa” on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve last night. View this post on Instagram Halsey’s Rockin Eve Performance 💙 She looks so good 😍♥️ – – Will post better qual... more info

Stereogum — Rivers Cuomo has responded to Saturday Night Live’s Weezer sketch despite not having seen it. When reached for comment by Rolling Stone , Cuomo confirmed that he still hadn’t seen Matt Damon and Leslie Jones having a near-violent debate over the... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Thanks to a sketch on “Saturday Night Live,” it has become clear that the band Weezer is “ride or die” for… themselves? During Saturday’s show, a skit about a holiday party gone wrong featured host Matt Damon gett... more info

Chorus.fm — The Weezer sketch on Saturday Night Live over the weekend, with a great Yellowcard namedrop, was one of their best in years. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — SNL's Christmas episode featured a skit where three couples are having dinner, and things get heated when Leslie Jones says Weezer's last good album was Pinkerton... Continue reading… more info